Recently, BASF announced: hexamethylenediamine, AH salt and PA66 supply force majeure. Specific announcement is as follows:
Our INEOS HMD (hexamethylenediamine) plant operating at seal sands informed us that one of our facilities had been damaged in an accidental manner, affecting our production, so the HMD plant had to be shut down.
Due to this unpredictable problem beyond our control, BASF SE announced the immediate impact of the compounds, HMD, AH salts and all PA66 polymers and chemicals (Ultramid® and capron® PA66) supplied from Germany to the world Force Majeure At this stage we can not predict how long the term will last, and force majeure conditions will apply to our sales terms and / or personal contracts, which may also affect Asian customers importing BASF's PA66 compounds from this force majeure. As a result, BASF South East Asia Limited and BASF Hong Kong Limited have also announced that the supply of PA66 compounds has suffered a force majeure.
We are currently evaluating the details of the distribution of existing orders and we will promptly contact you to discuss your specific availability and to minimize the impact of this incident on your company.Please believe we will try our best to solve the problem as soon as possible.
to sum up:
BASF announced the PA66 force majeure production cuts, Xiaobian think the price will have the most direct impact, but the exact time of BASF plant maintenance has not been determined, if the maintenance time is short, if longer, then it is bound to the price will be raised Xiaobian will continue to pay attention.
It is recommended to use the German PA66 customers can prepare some goods in advance, combined with the New Year approaching, Tuen point goods to the warehouse is also safe New Year, be prepared Well it refers to the day when BASF's price increase letter comes Oh.